NY Indie Record Shop Continues To Reinvent Itself Online
from the other-music-indeed dept
A little over a year ago, we wrote about the plans by the popular indie record shop in NYC, Other Music, and how it planned to adapt to the changing marketplace for music buying. The store recognized that it couldn't sit still and wait to be consumed like its former neighbor down the street, Tower Records. So it set up its own online download store, with DRM-free tracks for sale from indie acts. However, the real key to its business was in recognizing what the real benefit of a good indie record store has always been: the knowledge and recommendations from the staff (and having been to the Other Music physical store years back, I can attest to their knowledge and recommendations). Business Week has now checked in with the store's owners, who note that the new venture is still very much in its nascent stages, but that they're quite optimistic about where things are headed. "I feel like there's a lot of opportunity if you're willing to shake up your way of thinking, and approach things in different ways and experiment and take chances." Contrast this to what you heard from execs at Tower Records as it failed, or from the record label bosses who refuse to change.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: changing market, online, recommendations, record store
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mike, as usual, quit
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"mike, as usual, quit"
Troll, as usual, can't be bothered to identify himself or give any kind of coherent or logical answer to back up his "points". Also criticises someone on their grammar while refusing to use capital letters at the beginning of sentences.
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Indie is the future?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6903052.stm
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Other Music, Rough Trade, AGF Productions, PBE
Small mobile, independent -- wins everytime.
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This store reminded me of Ameoba Music (amoeba.com)in LA. I don't know of there online experience, but in-store is cool. Astor Place in NYC has a lot of 2nd hand stores. I used to buy a lot there when I lived in NYC (~5yrs ago). The best was Mondo Kims (MondoKims.com).
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Another local india shop
Check them out: http://www.cdjoint.com/
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